Improvement in washing-machines



ttnh Seite HORACE vWARNER,l OF RIDGWAY, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 109,279, dated November 15, 1870.

l .IMPROVEMENT IN wAsHlNe-MAcHINl-:s-

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making 'part of thesame.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known' that I, HORACE WARNER, ot .Ridgway, in the countyr of Elkand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in\VashingMachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which Will enable 'others skilledin the artlto makeand use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part'of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and. useful improvement in machinesforwashing clothes, having special reference to a washing-machine forwhich Letters Patent were granted me, 'dated November' 19, 1867.

The present invention consists in the mode of raising the vertical shaftand cones from the tub,-and in the mode of fastening them down andkeeping them in place when in the tub, as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure Il represents aside elevation of themachine, showing the rollers or the voperating portion of' the machinein dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a top or plan view, partly in section.4

Figure 3 is a section, showing the fastening stand on the side of' thetuh.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the tub, which is elevated to a convenient height on the legs B.'

Gis a frame, consisting of two parallel pieces, D and E, connectedtogether by the rear end piece F, and by a round bar near the oppositeend.

G G are hinge pieces, the upperends of which are attached to thehorizontal piece D, `as seen at H,

From this point they extend back and are firmly attached to the sidesofthe end pieces F, as seen at I I.

From the points I I they are bent downward formingnearly right angles.

lhe upper portions, from H to I I, are braces for supporting the frame(l.

` -The lower portions are provided with hooks on their ends, confined ineyes J J 0n the side of the tub, thus forming hinges which allow theframe (l, with the operating parts of the machine, to be raised andthrown hack, so as to give free access to the tub for putting in ortaking out the' clothes. The mode of fastening down the frame O to thetub is seen in figs. 2 and 3.

li is the fastening stand, which is attached to the side of the tub.

L is an eccentric plate; which works 011 a'pin'on the top of the framepiece E.

N is a short lever on the eccentric, by which the plate is operated.

O-O are slots in the stand K, which receive the plate when the latter isturned round, as seen in iig. 2.

When the plate is turned round,'as seen in dotted lines, same figure,the eccentric isclear' of'the stand, and the frame is readily raised upon its hinges, as before stated.

P P are the working rollers, which are cone-shaped and tinted, connectedwith the vertical shaft R by pivots and by the yoke S.

T is a spiral spring above the yoke, which bears against the collar U onthe underside of the frame C, and serves to press the rollers down ontothe clothes.

The rollers are revolved on the bottom ofthe tub by turning the crank Von the upper end of the shaft R, while they revolve, while thus beingturned, on their own axial centers.

Having thus described my invention,

I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-5 f 1. Hinging theframe G tothe tuh so that the rollers P P can be raised from thetubsubstantiallyl as and for the purposes herein shown and described.

2. The eccentric L and stand J, in combination withv the frame C androllers I P, 'substantiallyas and for the purposes herein shown anddescribed.

HORACE VARNER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. Marsan,

T. B. Mosman.

